Better player contract system? (1 Viewer)

[David Yudkin]

Which system is better overall?

Moving forward, if you are an NFL player, IMO if you are going to get locked out as it is, why not push for guaranteed contracts?

If the NFL went the way of guaranteed contracts, players would likely stay on the same team more often (for better or for worse) and there likely would be no franchise tags to force players to stay.

 

[Mario Kart]

Guaranteed contracts enable players to remain injured and not play which will develop many more headaches for fans.

I am in favor of incentive based contracts with a base pay that is less than what they are today. The player should be rewarded for his play, not his possible play.

Baseball and basketball contracts are the suck.

 

[trader jake]

MLB and NBA contracts are discussed ad nausium during the season and play a huge role in shaping teams.

Unless a lot of NFL players have accounts here I can't see this poll being close.

 

[QuizGuy66]

Um, I'm assuming you're looking at this from the perspective of the player?

I think in terms of the whole realm of salary escalation, I think the NFL system makes salaries increase faster - mainly due to the fact that players get most of their money up front and then in the later years of the contract their base salary makes them appear (and perhaps feel) underpaid.

Frankly I don't think either system is perfect. Later round picks in the NFL that blossom get punished more as they get little upfront money and have to wait longer for a raise. Conversely early round picks can laugh to the bank no matter how big a bust they are.

I'm not sure what the middle ground is in terms of systems.

-QG

 

[Instinctive]

I can never understand why a player doesn't just stay with his team forever, and all salries are a baseline plus a massive amount of incentives. Too perfect I suppose.

They could even add bonuses for each win the team has, and more bonuses for playoff wins, so on and so forth.

 

[SSOG]

I can never understand why a player doesn't just stay with his team forever, and all salries are a baseline plus a massive amount of incentives. Too perfect I suppose.They could even add bonuses for each win the team has, and more bonuses for playoff wins, so on and so forth.

There's nothing to stop a player from requesting a contract like that. Generally, though, players are of the opinion that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush... and I can't say that I blame them.Two recent examples of players who have eschewed the traditional contract structure in favor of incentive-heavy deals are Ricky Williams (in his rookie contract) and Maurice Clarett. In both cases, they screwed themselves over royally. A quick google search saw Williams' rookie contract being described with phrases such as "historically bad"- Williams hired rapper Master P to be his agent (oh yeah, that was going to end well), and the resulting contract has since been adopted by law schools and business schools as the model of a "bad contract". Williams did get an $8.8 million signing bonus, but after that he just made the minimum salary unless he had a better 4-year start to his career than Terrell Davis (you know, the guy with arguably the best 4 year start to his career of any RB in the history of the NFL).As for Maurice Clarett... he actually negotiated a contract that didn't include *ANY* signing bonus. In exchange, there were bonuses and incentives that could lead to Clarett being paid like a 1st rounder, provided he played like one. Of course, in the event that Maurice Clarett flamed out spectacularly and didn't even make it out of training camps, his contract meant that the Denver Broncos never paid him a dime, and that he never counted a dime against the salary cap.

 

[QuizGuy66]

I can never understand why a player doesn't just stay with his team forever, and all salries are a baseline plus a massive amount of incentives. Too perfect I suppose.They could even add bonuses for each win the team has, and more bonuses for playoff wins, so on and so forth.

Ya, they could add like a "reserve clause" or something.-QG